English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 2421: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The family discussed the crime committed and resolved to nail the lie to the counter? Options:
  A) expose it publicly
  B) bury it in a coffin
  C) defer action on it
  D) seek more advice
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2422:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  We have every need to preserve some of our national monuments for posterity.

  Options:
  A) prosperity
  B) future
  C) national pride
  D) collective gain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2423: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.
  Surely, Ahmed is a ball of fire Options:
  A) a quarrelsome person
  B) a hot-head activist
  C) a fiery speaker or writer
  D) a very energetic person
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2424:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

  Politicians and holders of political appointments are generally assumed to be cunning:

  Options:
  A) kind
  B) straightforward
  C) generous
  D) even handed
  E) sly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2425: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase Underlined:At the age of 80, Musa wished he could put the clock back. Options:
  A) stop the clock
  B) put down the clock
  C) go back in time
  D) have more time
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2426:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  Done

  Options:
  A) don
  B) sun
  C) clown
  D) dawn
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2427:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  _______ went to the stadium to watch a football match?

  Options:
  A) Amadi and me
  B) Amadi and I
  C) Me and Amadi
  D) Amadi and myself
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2428:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap:

  Attention has shifted to the teaching of science nowadays _____ the usefulness of the Arts

  Options:
  A) in spite of
  B) not minding
  C) oblivious to
  D) forgetting
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2429:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  Mali stole the day's takings from the bakery.

  Options:
  A) receipts
  B) collection
  C) contributions
  D) offerings
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2430:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

  It is futile trying to make bricks without straw

  Options:
  A) fertile
  B) important
  C) fragile
  D) vain
  E) bad
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  The correct answer is D .